[WikiEN-l] more WP:OFFICE shenanigans

[Nathaniel Sheetz]

Being an interested party doesn't mean it's impossible to conceal your
bias--a good writer who happens to be an atheist should be able to write a
reasonably neutral article on Islam, for example.  It's a matter of doing
research and citing appropriate sources.

Nathaniel

On 3/14/06, Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.org> wrote:
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> Delirium stated for the record:
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> > No Polish nationalists editing articles on Poland.  No strong religious
> > believers (or strong atheists) editing articles on religion.  Etc.
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> > All do have some degree of merit---I would be more skeptical of an
> > article on Christianity written by the Pope than I would be of one
> > written by someone relatively neutral.  But are we actually going to
> > have policies like that?
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> > -Mark
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> We can only hope.
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> If you can't conceal your bias, you shouldn't be editing.
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> Sean Barrett     | My dog can lick anyone!
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Nathaniel C. Sheetz
http://www.personal.psu.edu/ncs124